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Martino Fine Books The Destruction of the European Jews by Raul Hilberg
2019 Reprint of 1961 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. Reprint of the First Edition published in 1961. The Destruction of the European Jews is widely considered the landmark study of the Holocaust. First published in 1961 Raul Hilbergs comprehensive account of how Germany annihilated the Jewish community of Europe spurred discussion galvanized further research and shaped the entire field of Holocaust studies. Spanning the twelveyear period of antiJewish actions from 1933 to 1945 Hilbergs study encompasses Germany and all the territories under German rule or influence. Its principal focus is on the large number of perpetrators―civil servants military personnel Nazi party functionaries SS men and representatives of private enterprises―in the machinery of death.Contents: Dismissals Aryanizations Property taxes Blocked money Forced labor and wage regulations Income taxes Starvation measures The reichprotektorat area Ghetto formation Confiscations Labor exploitation Food controls preparations The first sweep The killing of the prisoners of war The intermediary stage The second sweep The reichprotektorat area Poland The semicircular arc Origins of the killing centers Organization personnel and maintenance Labor utilization Medical experiments Confiscations Killing operations Liquidation of the killing centers and the end of the destruction process.show more